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Amadeus and Middle East Airlines sign 10 year distribution ...

Amadeus announced (19-Feb-2019) it entered into a 10 year distribution partnership with Middle East Airlines. Under the agreement, the ...

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About Middle East Airlines

MIDDLE EAST AIRLINES AIRLIBAN S.A.L. is most commonly known as MEA or Middle East Airlines has an IATA code ME is the national airline of Lebanon with their hub at Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport. MEA commenced operations on the 01st Jan 1946 by flying from Lebanon to Nicosia in Cyprus shortly after services to Iraq, Egypt and Syria. A number of airlines have held a stake in MEA over the years with Pam Am being the first to invest next came BOAC (which is now British Airways), then in 1963 Middle East Airlines MEA merged with Air Liban that resulted in Air France has a 30% in the carrier. Today MEA operates services to 22 countries spanning Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. They operate a fleet which is made up completely of15 Airbus aircraft and they have an additional 15 on order. MEA is a part of SkyTeam which they joined in June 2012 and additionally, they are part of the Arab Air Carriers Organization (AACO), and the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Their frequent flyer club is called Cedar Miles and you can earn and burn miles on all MEA flights and on all flights operated by Air France, KLM, and Qatar Airways,